Hose-supporter.



R. PARKER.

v HOSE SUPPORTEB. APPLICATION FILED MN. 19. 1917.

1,235,921. Patented Aug. 7,1917.

UNTTED %TATE PA RUSSELL PARKER, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PARKER,

STEARNS &

COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. *7, 1917.

Application filed January 19, 1917. Serial No. 143,254.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUssnLL PARKER, a. citizen of the United States, residing in Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates particularly to clasps for hose supporters of the kind in which button of rubber or similar material is asso-' ciated with a metallic loop having a pearshaped opening, one portion of which readily receives the button while the other or narrower portion engages the button or holds a fabric in engagement therewith.

Heretofore the button member of such a clasp has been formed with a flange extending around its head and the button has been either attached to a metallic base by a post or rivet, or it has been formed in one piece with a rubber tab. When the button is made of tough rubber and is formed integrally with the tab or base it is very difficult, in fact commercially impracticable, to form the button head with a flange and to withdraw it with facility from a mold and hence it has been the practice to use either relatively soft rubber which could be pulled out of the mold, or to make the button separately and attach it to a metallic base plate by a post or rivet.

According to my invention I provide a way by which the button may be made of strong tough material in one piece with the base, may be easily withdrawn from the mold, and is so formed that, when used in connection with the loop member of a hose supporter, flanges will in effect be produced which will hold the loop and button in proper engagement when applied to a fabric.

My improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hose supporter clasp embodying my improvements, the button and loop members of the clasp being suspended by fabrics or webbing in the usual way.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view illustrating the preferred way of connecting the button with the fabric which suspends it.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rubber button constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the under side of the button showing how a cavity extends through the base and into the body of the button.

Fig. 5 shows a longitudinal section of the button on the line 5-5 of Fig. 7.

Fig. 6 shows a transverse section on the line 66 of Fig. 8 and illustrates how the loop and button members cooperate.

Fig. 7 shows the button member of the clasp on an enlarged scale.

Fig. 8 also shows the clasp members on an enlarged scale and illustrates, when considered in connection with Figs. 6' and 7 how the body portion of the button is compressed or collapsed when engaged by the loop member of the clasp.

Fig. 9 illustrates a modification.

The button member of the clasp is made of rubber or similar material of suffici'ently tough and strong texture to be durable yet having some elasticity and resiliency. The button member of the clasp comprises a body portion a and a base portion a. The body portion a is preferably, though not necessarily, oblong, but in either case it has no peripheral flange either on its sides or at its ends although there might be a small flange at one end of the button as indicated in Fig. 9. This is optional. The body a is formed in one piece with the base a, and a cavity 06 is provided which extends through the base and into the body in the manner clearly shown in the drawings. Preferably the rub her is reinforced by a fabric Z) which covers the bottom of the base and extends into the cavity as shown. This serves to stiflen the base and also stiffens to some extent the body of the button, but the button body is still given sufficient elasticity and resiliency to permit it to be collapsed and expanded when required. It will be understood that the combined button body and base having the cavity m can be easily molded and can be easily stripped from a mold. If the head of the button were formed with a peripheral flange on opposite sides and with a flanged base it could not be easily stripped from a mold but by associating the button thus produced with a loop of the proper kind a secure connection between the two members of the clasp may be effected. The base a' affords ready means for holding the button in position on the suspending fabric or web 13 in the manner indicated in Fig. 2. The particular manner in which the base is connected with the suspending fabric or webbing forms no part of my invention and it is possible to so extend the base a as to form a tab as heretofore, which may be connected in any suitable'way with the loop member of the clasp. The loop member C is in general of well known construction having a pear-shaped opening, the upper or wider portion of which is adapted to receive the button in the usual way, while the lower or narrower portion 0 is made somewhat narrower than the body a of the button with which it cooperates in order that when the two members of the clasp are engaged and the loop is drawn on the button in the usual way the side walls of the button will be collapsed or pressed inward in the manner indicated in Fig. 6. In this way the lower portion of the button body is made narrower while the upper or outer portion is in effect formed with flanges y which prevent the separation of the loop from the button. When the loop is released from the button the latter assumes its original position with the side walls straight, as in Fig. 1, but

- when the loop is again drawn onto the button the side walls will collapse as indicated in Fig. 6.

Experience has demonstrated that not only can the button be economically made on a I commercial scale but the clasp with my improvements applied is eficient being easily operated and will hold securely to any fabric to which it is applied.

I claim as my invention:

1. A hose supporter button made of suitable yielding material and having a hollow collapsible body formed integrally with a base having an opening registering with the cavity in the body of the button, said body being flangeless above the base.

2. A hose supporter button made ofsuit able yielding material and comprising a base and a hollow loop-engaging part having collapsible sides flangeless above the base.

3. A hose supporter button made of suitable yielding material and having a'hollow collapsible body formed integrally with a base having an opening registering with a cavity in the-body of the button, said button being reinforced by a suitable fabric on the under side of the base and in the walls of the cavity.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

I RUSSELL PARKER.

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Washington, D. G. i 

